I'm an assistant professor of management at the UC Riverside School of Business

My research focuses on how organizations learn and, specifically, how organizational politics, hierarchy, and the design of decision-making institutions impact the aggregation of preferences and information, organizational adaptation, and organizational performance. I also work on statistical methodology — developing new tools for testing hypotheses about the shape of relationships between variables — and on the design of electoral systems and voting rules. Although my research interests are eclectic, they are united by a common question: how do individuals and institutions aggregate preferences and information, and what happens when they do it badly?

I also have a weakness for applying organizational theory to new and unexpected sites. Past projects have examined how fans affect home court advantage in the NBA, how socioeconomic vulnerability shapes the duration of storm-caused power outages, and why the American homebuilding industry has been so slow to modernize. If the question is interesting and the data are available, I’m probably game.

Personally, I live in Claremont, CA with my wife, two daughters, and dog. At heart, I’m a New Yorker. My perfect meal is a whole-wheat everything Ess-a-bagel with a schmear of tofu cream cheese, a generous portion of lox, and two slices of ripe tomato. Followed up by a slice of chocolate babka.